Almost 20 night raids occur every night in Afghanistan, and get the wrong person half the time

Increased nighttime military raids by US forces in Afghanistan have fueled resentment and undermined the mission to quell the insurgency, according to a report released Monday by Open Society Foundations, a New York-based thinktank.

“An estimated 12 to 20 night raids now occur per night,” according to the report, “resulting in thousands of detentions per year, many of whom are non-combatants.” And many of the associated tactics, like “mass detention operations, holding entire villages for questioning on site for prolonged periods of time,” may violate international law, the report found.

Civilians bear the brunt of these hardline tactics. As one man from Nangarhar, interviewed in the report said, “They claim to be against terrorists, but what they are doing is terrorism. It spreads terror. It creates more violence.”

The Department of Defense released the names today of two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
A special forces soldier died in an IED attack in Kandahar on Sunday. The 19th US soldier to be reported killed so far in September. On Saturday an army sergeant from Appleton, WI was killed in Parwan province and another US soldier died in Urzgan province from small arms fire.

For heavens sake, let's stop this madness. Vote for Ron Paul or get a Democrat to run against Obama who won't lie. Regardless on whether you're left, right or whatever. We can sort the rest out later, but you can't bring the dead back.